Surgent: How to Become an IRS Enrolled Agent

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Becoming an Enrolled Agent (EA) can take your career and practice to the next level, but what’s involved in getting an enrolled agent certification? Unless you were previously employed by the IRS for five years and working in a position where you interpreted tax code, you must pass a three-part comprehensive IRS test in order to become an EA. The tests cover individual and business tax returns and administrative practices. Once certified, you must follow certain ethical standards and complete 72 hours of continuing education every three years. The steps to become an enrolled agent are ea...
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SurePayroll: Maintain Control of Client Payroll & Increase Your Bottom Line in Less Time

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Seventy-five percent of small business clients are turning to trusted advisors like you to handle their payroll. What is your answer when clients come calling about payroll? See how SurePayroll makes client payroll easy:  Are you ready to start profiting from client payroll? Get started for no upfront cost! Learn more at www.surepayroll.com/accountants or call us at (855) 354-6941.
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SurePayroll: Your Small Business Payroll Opportunity

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For many small business owners, running payroll is not seen as an essential business function. But payroll’s direct connection to employee compensation and the fact that 40 percent of small businesses incur an average $845 per year in IRS penalties clearly outline that payroll may be worth another look. Do you know how your clients are handling payroll? The U.S. Small Business Administration reports that 64 percent of small business owners do payroll themselves. Of those doing it in-house, a little over half allocate owner/manager time to running payroll and nearly a third rely on a paid st...
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SurePayroll: When to Outsource the Back Office

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Back-office functions such as payroll, data entry and hiring new employees are present some unique challenges for professional tax return preparers. Preparers who deliver excellent services do not necessarily have the ability during to manage back-office administration during tax season, but they can secure affordable help for back-office functions. Every small business has to handle payroll, HR and other administrative areas, but practice owners can feel overwhelmed managing these tasks themselves or delegating them to staffers who are already busy. As your practice grows, the burden of back-...
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BluePay: How You and Your Clients Benefit from a Payment Gateway

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The BluePay Gateway makes accepting payments simple and secure. Transactions can be managed with the quick click of a mouse, offering convenient functionality for tracking all of your transaction data on a single platform. Accept all major credit cards, debit cards and ACH payments through the virtual terminal. Improve business operations with advanced functions including reporting, batching, returns and voids. Secure your business and your customers’ data with robust fraud management tools. Put the BluePay Gateway to work and start increasing sales today!
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Webiquity: Twelve Ways to Promote Your Business

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A lot of businesses, particularly smaller online businesses, are hesitant to begin marketing right away. Many hold the belief that marketing is only about selling services and product and that they must be relatively well-established before marketing. And to those businesses, here’s the hard truth: you are wrong. Marketing is about connecting with people and creating a loyal following. Businesses that market themselves early on get a head-start on their target audience and success. And who doesn’t want that? As an online business, you should start marketing right now! Marketing doesn’...
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Webiquity: Five Tips for Making a Great First Impression with Your Website

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Anyone who has ever had a job interview will tell you about the importance of making a good first impression. Those first few seconds of looking into a potential employer’s eyes can be terrifying but you don’t want them to know that. The same thing can happen when coming face-to-face with a new customer. Will they like you? Will they buy something from you? You want to make sure they see what they want. Unfortunately, when conducting business online, you don’t get to dress up in a snappy suit and shake customers’ hands the way you would in the real world. You have to convince them that y...
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